Luzern

We had a four hour train ride today to get to Luzern. When we got there we had an hour before our tour was to start at the KKL so a couple of us went into the old town area to check things out there. It was weird to be in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. We had just started to get used to hearing French everywhere and then it felt like being in a whole new country. I found a shirt at the H&M that I'll probably wear tomorrow, so I'll try to get a picture of myself and post it on here so you can all be jealous of it. Anywho, the KKL is so neat. It's this stark contrast from the rest of the old-towny buildings in Luzern because it's this incredibly modern building that houses a conference center, a multipurpose area and what it's truly known for, a concert hall with acoustics basically as near to perfect as can be achieved. Each section of the building is a different style but it's all held under one roof that juts out so far that you wonder how it can hold all that weight. It was truly an architectural masterpiece. From there we went to see this panoramic painting that was kind of boring and then went to see this lion carved into rock.

If you are familiar with the new library at Utah State you may recognize the lion from the basement where a reproduction of it is done in wood. For some reason it just doesn't have the same effect as standing here in Switzerland looking at it.


I'm off to bed. We've got another early morning ahead of us and I need to get some rest. Later.